Clothesline holder



June 14, 1927.

G. J. A. MQLIQUE CLOTHESLINE HOLDER Filed Feb. 5, 1927 INVENTOR GLJ. A.fizz/an? mMY/I I I L m ATTORNEY Patented June 14,1927;

' enoneEJi'A. Monrovia, enemas, minors;

eLo'TH'EsLINE HonnEn. 9

ap lication as February 3,1927. SerialNo; 165L636. 7 l ll -Thisinvention-z, relates to holders "for a Clothes lines:

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, ings, 10 designates a post having an eyeli clamp, t

' An object of the" invention is the. provision of a device which isadapted to automati cally clamp the free end or a portion of a clothesline to a fixed support and in whlch it'is only necessary'to insert theline in the device whereby the weight on'theline will increase theclamping action for aiding 1n maintaining the end oftheline againstmovement.

A further provision of a simple, efficient and durable device adapted toclamp the end of the clothes line to a fixed support and in which aslidably mounted jaw is adapted to be au tomatically actuated by theweight on the line for aiding in maintaining the jaw in rigidclampingrelation with the line.

This invention willbe best understood from a consideration ofthe'ii'ollowing detailed description in view of the accompanyingdrawings forming a partyo-f'the specitication; nevertheless, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure, beingsusceptible of such changes and modifications which shall define no material departure trom'thesalient features of itheinventio'n asexpressedin the appended claim. g V v Figure 1 is a longitudinal view in eleva-'tion of a clothes line secured. in positio nby I my improved device,

Figure 2 is a side view in elevation of the Figure 3 is a view inperspective of the opposite orouter side oft he clamp, and

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken along the line 14 of Figure 2. r y

Referringmore particularly tothe drawa secured therein and to which'oneend of a rope 12 is secured.

' substantially parallel to the inclined edge 18,

The other end 13 ot the ropeis adapted to be secured to a fixed support14 by means of a clamp generally designated'bythe numeral 15. v j

The clamp includes a housing formed of onevpiece of sheet metal andcomprises a side wall 16 having a horizontal top 17 with the side well"being inclined to thev horizontal along the lower edge as shown at 18.The side wall is provided with a slot 19 which is but is inclined at'anacute angle to the horizontal top 17. Rising from the inner end of thetop member 17 is a'securing flange 20,

object of the invention is the while-a "securing flange '21 extendslaterally "from/the inner ed e of the "side; wall 16.

These two flanges are adapted tobe secured to the fixed 'support'l l.

Slidably mounted in the a housing is a clamping bar 21 of substantiallywedge formation and is provided with a plurality of teeth 22 along itsupper edge. The clamping bar is maintained in position within thehousing and with the teeth 22in spaced relation with the top 17 by meansof a pair around the end-of the clamp block and seatedge of the clampingblock 21.

The rope 12 is secured at one end to the eye 11 of the post 10 and theother end of the rope is inserted within theclampingdevice 15 with thefree end being threaded through the curved groove 28 ,at the rear of theclamping member 21 and over the top and laid in engagement with theteeth and seated within the curve 27oF said teeth, the free end thenbeing permittedto hang downed within a groove 28 on the inner lowerwardly as shown in Figure 1.. A pull on the rope 12 when the clothes areapplied to; the same, thus weighting the clothes line will tend to pullthe sliding clamp 21 out wardly of the housing and cause the teeth tobite into the rope as the'rope is being compressed between the inneriaceoft the top 1 Due to the lact that i the pull on the rope andlikewise ou the 17 and the teeth 22.

clamp 21 is along a line bclowthe screws 23 of the free end of the ropewhile' tending to and 24, the clamp will be forced outwardly l andupwardly and thus prevent release prevent undue cutting or clamping ot'the rope by the pressure of the clamping member 21 on the end of therope which'is lockedbetween the teeth 22 andthe top 17. r

- .I claim:

- A clamp comprising a housing having a top and a side wall providedwith a slot located at anangle to the horizontal, a

clamping" block in the housing and a pluo 10 clamping iug provided witha groove to receive a p01 tion of the rope which is disposed inwardly ofthe free end so that a pull on the rope will cause the rope to engagearound the groove to exert a pressure on the block and force said blocktowards the main body of the rope so that the teeth of the block willclamp the free end of the rope against the top of the housing.

' GEORGE J. A. MOLIQUE.

